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Service · Support Engineering

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Licensed engineers for forensic investigation, repair design, means-and-methods review and expert testimony — for the point where testing stops and a professional opinion is required.

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Licensed · sealed · defensible

The Brief

Data does not resolve a dispute. An engineer willing to stand behind it does.

Test results describe a condition. They do not say whether the structure is adequate, who is responsible, or what to build instead. That requires a licensed professional to take a position and seal it.

Our engineers work from the same field and laboratory data our own technicians produced, which means the investigation, the interpretation and the recommendation all trace back to one accountable firm.

Investigated. Interpreted. Sealed.

Capabilities

Where an engineer is required.

Professional engineering support across investigation, design, review and dispute resolution.

Forensic investigation

Determining why a structure cracked, settled, leaked or failed, and documenting the cause defensibly.

Cause & origin

Repair & retrofit design

Sealed drawings and specifications for structural repair, strengthening and remediation.

Design

Means & methods review

Review of shoring, underpinning, formwork, rigging and temporary works before they carry load.

Temporary works

Condition assessment

Structural surveys of existing buildings for due diligence, reuse, permitting or insurance.

Existing structures

Expert testimony

Reports, depositions and testimony in construction claims, supported by contemporaneous records.

Litigation support

Geotechnical & foundation

Foundation recommendations, bearing capacity and settlement analysis from our own boring data.

Geotechnical

Repair design

A repair is a sequence, not a product.

Every layer that goes back onto a damaged member is there because something was measured first — the removal limits, the section loss, the cover, the capacity. Scroll to build one.

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How a concrete repair is designed

What each layer of the repair is for
Element	What it does

Support engineering, structural evaluation and repair design by Universal Testing & Inspection Services, Inc. — West Babylon, NY · Miami, FL · est. 1992.

Deliverables

What carries a seal.

REPORT

Engineering report

Findings, analysis, conclusions and recommendations, sealed by a licensed professional engineer.

DWGS

Repair drawings

Sealed drawings and specifications a contractor can build from and a department will accept.

CALC

Calculations

Structural analysis showing the basis for every capacity or adequacy statement made.

REVIEW

Review letters

Written acceptance or comment on submittals, shoring schemes and temporary works.

EXHIBIT

Claim exhibits

Documentation prepared to survive cross-examination, drawn from records made at the time.

SCOPE

Remediation scope

Quantified repair scope and sequence a contractor can price without guessing.

How We Work

Evidence first, opinion second.

An engineering position is only as strong as the record underneath it, so we build the record first.

Document review

Drawings, submittals, inspection records and correspondence establish what was designed and what was built.

Field investigation

We observe the condition directly and call in our own scanning, testing or drilling where the question requires it.

Analysis

Capacity, load path and failure mechanism are analyzed against the governing code and the as-built condition.

Recommendation

We state what should be done, in what sequence, and what it will require — not just that further study is advisable.

Seal & stand behind it

The report or drawing is sealed by a licensed engineer who will defend it to a department, an owner or a court.

An opinion nobody will seal is not an opinion. It is a hedge.

Where to next

Need an engineer to take a position?

Describe the condition and what is riding on it. We will tell you what the investigation requires and who will sign it, within one business day.

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